On the way, some team members saw them catching this thing and asked, "Yu Zhiqing, this thing is covered in mud, no matter how much you wash it, you can't get it clean. Are you planning to catch it and eat it?"
Crayfish live in the ditches that irrigate farmland, and naturally some of them will swim into the farmland.
The sheer size of these creatures piqued the interest of many, but unfortunately, due to improper preparation, they ended up suffering the same fate as river snails, becoming a delicacy abandoned by people.
Before Rujia could reply, another passerby said, "Just because you can't wash them clean doesn't mean Yu Zhiqing can't wash them clean. There's so much sand in those snails, yet Yu Zhiqing can still cook them deliciously."
Upon learning that snails are edible, some families went to catch them, but the snails they cooked were completely inedible.
Upon learning that the Yu family's delicious snails were made with a generous amount of seasonings, they decided to stop making their own snails because they couldn't bear to waste the seasonings.
Instead, he had his own children collect snails to exchange for the snails prepared by the Yu family. Many families in the team had tasted the snails prepared by his family.
Yu Rujia: "I'm planning to grab some to take back and cook, just to have a taste."
Having learned from the example of snails, a quick-thinking team member asked, "Do you buy these? If you do, I'll have my son send some over."
Another team member chimed in, "My son can catch them too."
Yu Rujia: "I don't plan to do that for now. I'll come to you again if I need it in the future."
Once they make fish traps, they won't have to go through all this trouble. They can just throw the traps into the ditch and sit at home waiting for the crayfish to fall into them.
There's no need for children to catch and pick out the meat like snails.
In about half an hour, Gao Guojing had caught more than half a bucket of crayfish. They were mainly large and took up a lot of space, but more than half a bucket was enough for them to have a meal.
I found more than a dozen seashells. I'll keep them overnight and use them to make soup tomorrow.
Yu Rujia: "That's enough, let's eat this much for today."
Gao Guojing: "The sun hasn't set yet, it's still early. There's still a lot inside, let me touch it some more."
Duolu: "Yeah, touch it, touch it more." This kid wished he could take the whole ditch home to touch it.
Yu Rujia explained, "Crayfish are hard to clean. If they are not cleaned properly, you will end up with a mouthful of mud, just like those people say."
“These in the bucket will take a long time to wash. If you keep touching them, we won’t finish washing them today, and we won’t be able to eat crayfish until tomorrow.”
Hearing this, the uncle and nephews reluctantly stopped.
When the group returned home, Gao Shujing, who had heard the commotion, came over, looked into the bucket, and raised an eyebrow.
Gao Shujing: "There are quite a lot of crayfish in that ditch. You've caught so many in such a short time. And these shellfish too. It looks like our family's menu will need to be updated again."
Gao Guojing added with lingering enthusiasm, "That's right, we don't even need traps, we just casually touch them and we find so many. And with gloves on, we don't have to worry about getting pinched by the crayfish."
"While I was touching them, I picked up a seashell. Sister Jia said that these things are delicious whether stir-fried or stewed in soup, so I brought them back with me."
“We actually overlooked that muddy ditch before, which is such a pity. If Sister Rujia hadn’t said that these things are difficult to clean, we could have touched them a little longer.”
Yu Rujia: "You can touch them, but if we had a trap and put some fishy stuff in it, wouldn't it be more convenient for us to go and collect the crayfish every other day?"
As for shellfish, they're not as easy to get as crayfish. When we want to eat them later, let Gao Guojing go and get them; getting shellfish is much faster than getting crayfish.
Gao Shujing nodded in agreement: "I'll make a few traps. Guojing has to work; he can't be catching crayfish every day."
If people see him going out to play every day instead of fixing things, Captain Huang will be unhappy.
Gao Guojing had obviously thought of this as well: "Okay, we'll make the traps. I'll put them down the night before and pick them up the next morning. We'll clean them at home so no one can see them."
Yu Rujia: "Fill a basin halfway with water and keep the shellfish alive. We'll make soup with them tomorrow. Today we'll eat crayfish."
Gao Guojing immediately carried the things to the backyard, and the twins nimbly went into the kitchen and each carried out a wooden basin. Gao Shujing offered to take the basins for them, but the two little ones refused. They ran to the backyard as fast as they could.
Duoxi, holding the hand of the chubby little boy Duoji who was curious about everything, followed after them.
When they arrived at the hand pump well, Yu Rujia taught a few people how to clean crayfish, and then returned to the clinic to sit and wait for patients to come in.
Gao Shujing then went back to the carport to work.
Duoxi's hand was injured and couldn't get wet. His job was to keep an eye on Xiaoduoji and make sure he didn't go over to Gao Guojing and his nephew's place and cause trouble.
When Duofu came home from school, he saw a large basin of crayfish crawling all over the ground.
Without him even asking, the big-mouthed Duolu rattled off the whole story of how he discovered the crayfish, with Duoxi occasionally adding a few words from the side.
Duofu comforted him, "Duoxi has suffered. Eat more later." He then squatted down and joined the team cleaning the crayfish.
Considering that Dorje is too little to eat strong flavors, the crayfish were made in two flavors: spicy and garlic.
Two large bowls of crayfish were served, and with Yu Rujia's demonstration, the whole family learned how to eat crayfish.
Unpolluted crayfish taste fresh and delicious. Two large bowls of crayfish look like a lot, but they disappear quickly after being eaten.
The whole family didn't enjoy the meal very much.
Little Dorje, seeing no meat in his mouth, rubbed against his dad, pointed at a pile of shells with his chubby pink finger, and said in his baby voice, "Peel, peel shrimp, shrimp."
The little guy didn't know that you couldn't get the meat out of the shell. When he saw his dad stop, he kept urging him to peel it.
Gao Shujing said helplessly, "Those are just shells, there's no meat. We'll eat them tomorrow."
Because he had to feed his chubby son, he only got to try a few crayfish before they were all gone. He was the one in the family who didn't get enough to eat.
Gao Guojing savored the deliciousness of the crayfish and said regretfully, "I knew I shouldn't have caught more."
Yu Rujia: "You're still catching them? By the time you finish washing these crayfish, it will be almost dark. You can't even see clearly at night, so how can you clean them properly? The crayfish that aren't cleaned properly will be covered in mud and are inedible."
Even though there are lights installed at the hand pump well, they are only bright yellow and can only give you a general view. You can't do delicate tasks like washing crayfish.
Gao Shujing: "I made two fish traps. I'll take them over and put them in later. We'll have something to eat when we bring them back tomorrow."
The Doroo people are small, but their appetites are boundless. Before even seeing the size of the fish traps, they started calculating the number they would need.
Duolu: "Uncle, can you make a few more fish traps? I can stay home every day and wash crayfish without going out."
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